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+FROM ubuntu:lucid
+
+# Set environment variables.
+ENV HOME /root
+
+# Define working directory.
+WORKDIR /root
+
+RUN sed -i 's/archive/old-releases/' /etc/apt/sources.list
+
+
+RUN apt-get update
+RUN apt-get -y upgrade
+
+# Install apache, PHP, and supplimentary programs. curl and lynx-cur are for debugging the container.
+RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -y install apache2 libapache2-mod-php5 php5-mysql php5-gd php-pear php-apc php5-curl
+
+# Enable apache mods.
+#RUN php5enmod openssl
+RUN a2enmod php5
+RUN a2enmod rewrite
+
+# Update the PHP.ini file, enable <? ?> tags and quieten logging.
+RUN sed -i "s/short_open_tag = Off/short_open_tag = On/" /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini
+RUN sed -i "s/error_reporting = .*$/error_reporting = E_ERROR | E_WARNING | E_PARSE/" /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini
+
+# Manually set up the apache environment variables
+ENV APACHE_RUN_USER www-data
+ENV APACHE_RUN_GROUP www-data
+ENV APACHE_LOG_DIR /var/log/apache2
+ENV APACHE_LOCK_DIR /var/lock/apache2
+ENV APACHE_PID_FILE /var/run/apache2.pid
+
+EXPOSE 80
+
+# Copy site into place.
+#ADD app /var/www/site/app
+
+# Update the default apache site with the config we created.
+#ADD apache-config.conf /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf
+
+# By default, simply start apache.
+CMD /usr/sbin/apache2ctl -D FOREGROUND